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0 pointsndsipa_pomu10mo ago0 comments

Yes, but they seem fairly limited in terms of userspace programs. How would you use xattrs to produce a filesystem hierarchy that say, listed the same file in multiple folders according to the attributes?

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sneak10mo ago

The xattrs are for storing the tag metadata, you’d use other tools (easily composed from shell utilities) to find files that match tags. If you really want it to be in multiple locations, you could make a fuse interface that shows directories full of files matching specific tags.

ndsipa_pomuOP10mo ago

> If you really want it to be in multiple locations, you could make a fuse interface that shows directories full of files matching specific tags

Yeah, that's the kind of thing that I've wanted, but not really had the programming skill/experience/patience to make. There have been a couple of similar projects, but nothing that seems popular enough to be worthwhile spending time using.

sneak10mo ago

ChatGPT can write such a thing for you relatively easily if you specify it in enough detail.

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ndsipa_pomuOP10mo ago

> If you really want it to be in multiple locations, you could make a fuse interface that shows directories full of files matching specific tags

sneak10mo ago

ChatGPT can write such a thing for you relatively easily if you specify it in enough detail.

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